Hyphenation of recusant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word recusant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

re-cu-sant

Definitions of recusant:

1.	Someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct
2.	(of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church of England
3.	Refusing to submit to authority The recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate- Mary W.Williams

Synonyms of recusant:

adj	dissentient, unorthodox
adj	disobedient
noun	nonconformist, dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, contestant

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.